Dolphins can sleep one-half of their brain at a time say researchers

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Submission + - Dolphins can sleep one-half of their brain at a time say researchers (slashgear.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 18, 2012 @12:48PM

An anonymous reader writes: Looks like the evolution in multi-core computing is something nature has already figured out. Dolphins will sleep one core while the other remains vigilant, running background tasks necessary for survival

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